cortical
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English
Etymology
From Latin cortex (“bark”); Effectively cortex + -ical.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cortical (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
Derived terms
- adrenocortical
- allocortical
- amygdalocortical
- archicortical
- bicortical
- cerebellocortical
- cerebellothalamocortical
- cerebrocortical
- cortical column
- corticalization
- cortically
- cortical plate
- cortical reaction
- corticocortical
- cytocortical
- electrocortical
- endocortical
- epicortical
- exocortical
- extracortical
- frontocortical
- geniculocortical
- hippocampocortical
- infracortical
- intercortical
- intracortical
- isocortical
- juxtacortical
- koniocortical
- leucocortical
- leukocortical
- mesocortical
- microcortical
- midcortical
- monocortical
- neocortical
- neurocortical
- noncortical
- nucleocortical
- occipitocortical
- paleocortical
- pallidocortical
- paracortical
- pericortical
- posterocortical
- precortical
- prefrontocortical
- retinocortical
- spinocortical
- striatocortical
- subcortical
- thalamocortical
- transcortical
- tricortical
- unicortical
- visuocortical
Related terms
Translations
anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
botany: pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root
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Further reading
- “cortical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
cortical (feminine corticale, masculine plural corticaux, feminine plural corticales)
Further reading
- “cortical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Adjective
cortical (not comparable)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French cortical.
Adjective
cortical m or n (feminine singular corticală, masculine plural corticali, feminine and neuter plural corticale)
Declension
Declension of cortical
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | cortical | corticală | corticali | corticale | ||
definite | corticalul | corticala | corticalii | corticalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | cortical | corticale | corticali | corticale | ||
definite | corticalului | corticalei | corticalilor | corticalelor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
cortical m or f (masculine and feminine plural corticales)
Further reading
- “cortical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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